Matt Donato
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‘Troublemaker’ Review: Nelson Mandela Doc Is a Rallying Cry for Our Time
Sundance 2026: Antoine Fuqua’s film underlines how one man’s actions have ripple effects across generations
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‘When a Witness Recants’ Review: Profound Doc Spotlights the Harlem Park 3
Sundance 2026: Dawn Porter’s film follows the wrongful imprisonment of three Black teens, and the quest for something resembling consequences for those who put them there
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‘Give Me the Ball!’ Review: Billie Jean King Doc Is an Inspiring Shot of Adrenaline
Sundance 2026: The sports and feminist legend exudes charisma in this wildly entertaining chronicle of her life and career
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‘Frank & Louis’ Review: Rob Morgan Stuns as a Prisoner With Alzheimer’s
Sundance 2026: The actor and Kingsley Ben-Adir anchor a sobering drama that serves as a thematic sibling to 2023’s “Sing Sing”
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‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ Review: It’s Dumb Fun, and That’s a Compliment
Sundance 2026: Zoey Deutch stars in an absurdly offbeat L.A. comedy from David Wain
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‘The Gallerist’ Review: Natalie Portman Tries to Sell a Dead Body in Uneven Art World Satire
Sundance 2026: Filmmaker Cathy Yan returns to her indie roots with a too-tidy twist on art vs. commerce
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‘The Shitheads’ Review: Macon Blair’s Stoner Comedy Is All Laughs… Until It Turns Sour
Sundance 2026: Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. are tasked with transporting a troubled rich teen, played by Mason Thames, in the tonal misfire
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‘Josephine’ Review: Beth de Araújo’s Fearless Crime Drama Will Make Your Blood Boil – And It Should
The “Soft & Quiet” director views the world’s cruelty through the eyes of an eight-year-old who witnesses a brutal rape
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‘Death of a Unicorn’ Review: A24 Horror Comedy Falls Flat
SXSW: Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star in a “Jurassic Park” riff with lackluster effects and few jokes that land
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‘The Accountant 2’ Review: Tangled Storylines, Distractions – These Books Are a Mess
Nevertheless, the Ben Affleck-led sequel surpasses its original by keying into a lenient and dangerously playful tone
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‘We Are Storror’ Review: Michael Bay’s Parkour Doc Is Literally Death-Defying
SXSW: The action filmmaker’s documentary debut chronicles YouTube celebrities Storror as they risk their lives for views and likes
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‘Another Simple Favor’ Review: Cartoonish, Over-the-Top Sequel Lacks the Lust and Vigor of Original
Tart zingers and bicker-banter can’t save this out-of-focus follow-up from Paul Feig
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‘Magic Farm’ Review: Idiots Abroad Comedy Takes Exploitative News to Task
Sundance 2025: The film, starring Chloë Sevigny and Alex Wolff, struggles to dig deep
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‘Apartment 7A’ Review: Julia Garner Leads Paint-by-Numbers ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel
Fantastic Fest: Dianne Wiest steals scenes in a movie that can’t quite escape Roman Polanski’s shadow
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The 25 Best Zombie Movies of All Time
The walking dead have dominated decades of horror cinema, but these are the best of the undead bunch














